Synopsis

Snow White and the HuntsmanThe enchanting Snow White (Kristen Stewart) joins forces with the fierce Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth), who was recruited by the diabolical Queen (Charlize Theron) to kill the fair beauty, and together they fight to rid their kingdom of evil in this bold new take on the fairy-tale classic from commercial director Rupert Sanders. Obsessed with being the fairest woman in the land, the Queen learns that Snow White will soon surpass her in beauty, and seeks to achieve immortality by consuming the young girl's heart. But the Huntsman is the only one capable of braving the dark forest to seek out Snow White. Threatened with death should he refuse to follow his order, the Huntsman finds Snow White, and begins training her for the arduous battle ahead. Meanwhile, a handsome prince (Sam Claflin) falls hopelessly under Snow White's spell. Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Eddie Izzard, Bob Hoskins, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, and Stephen Graham co-star as the seven dwarfs. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Overall Customer Rating

4.2 (633 Reviews)

93% of customers recommend this product.

4

Easily better than "Mirror Mirror"
Posted by: Treydle from: Saratoga Springs, NY on Snow White is one of the oldest fairy tales ever written. Also the one most recently turned into a feature film. Less than three months ago, in fact. Is this Universal Pictures offering better or just some carbon copy?
Snow White (played as a young woman by Raffey Cassidy) is the child of a benevolent king and a woman who died as a result of complications arising from childbirth. Despite her tragedy, however, she has a happy childhood. Then her father takes up arms against a dark army. The soldiers in that army, while capable of striking blows as fierce as any and fiercer than some, breaks like glass when struck by the enemy. With the dark army vanquished, the king inspects a carriage that survived the battle and finds a woman inside. The woman, Ravenna (played by Charlize Theron), soon marries the king who fell in love with her at first sight. She appears to have genuine affection for the king and Snow in the short period leading up to the wedding, but that is, of course, a ruse. On their wedding night, she murders her husband while her brother Finn (played by Sam Spruell) overruns the kingdom with the help of that same dark army that the king believed had kidnapped Ravenna. Snow attempts to flee, but is captured and imprisoned in the palace tower. Years pass and Ravenna maintains her beauty and youth by draining the life from young women whose beauty might one day surpass her own. Those women are identified by the queen’s mirror and chief advisor (voiced by Christopher Obi Ogugwa). When she reaches adulthood, the mirror tells Ravenna that she may maintain her youth indefinitely if she kills Snow White and takes out her heart. Snow (now played by Kristen Stewart) escapes the kingdom when the queen sends her brother to escort her.
Obviously, there’s a great deal more to the story. For example, the Huntsman has yet to be introduced. Neither, for that matter, have the dwarves. And in this film, the men portraying the dwarves are of average or above average stature made to look like dwarves through the use of special effects as opposed to men who are actually shorter than 4’10”. There are comparisons being made between this film and Mirror Mirror, but they have very little in common, outside of the main characters. If more time had passed between the release dates, they’d stand separately and they should. It’s like comparing Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood to Robin Hood: Men in Tights. I won’t say this film lived up to the hype but, given the degree, I doubt any film could’ve. I will say it’s a quality film and you should see it.

10 out of 11 found this review helpful.

3

Not so dark as claimed...
Posted by: LiLKiNG from: Texas on I really hoped for and expected more out of this movie. The plot was decent but it wasn't dark and scary by any means. The sets/cgi were good, but the only good acting came from Charlize Theron as Queen Ravenna.
Chris Hemsworth wasn't even that great and seemed to have no chemistry with Stewart which made for some awkward scenes.
Dakota Fanning would have made a much better Snow White.

4 out of 5 found this review helpful.

5

Snow White and The Huntsman (DVD) - 04/23/16.
Posted by: Jaybf from: San Diego, CA. on The movie has good graphics, it is long but worth watching.. VDS..

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

5

Great movie!
Posted by: LoriLovesTwilight from: Appleton. WI on I'm a huge Kristen Stewart (and Rob Pattinson) fan so basically I love anything with them in it!!! Charlize Theron did a wonderful job as the wicked queen as well.

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

4

Great movie.
Posted by: antmartin1 from: Far rockaway on Great movie. Definitely not the way you saw Snow White as a kid.

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

4

Good classic
Posted by: Tgurl21 from: on I thought this was an unique spin to the old classic. Really good movie.

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

5

Great movie!
Posted by: Compgal from: Narrows, Va on I really like this version of the story. Good amount of action versus fairy tale!

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

4

Not the story you knew growing up
Posted by: AmatuerAtWork from: Salt Lake City, UT on I liked the new version of the story line. The characters seem to have more realistic emotions to me. I always like Charlize Therron and thought she makes a very convincing antagonist as the evil witch. The special effects and scenery are great on the Blu-ray version. This story can be very dark at times and would not be good for younger children.

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

4

Good Movie
Posted by: Kndra from: Huntsville, AL on I really like this movie and it has a few of my favorite actors, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

4

Good Special Effects
Posted by: MovieBuff from: on I like Chris Hemsworth a lot so this was a good movie for him. Good special effects too.